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inFinite tangibles and intangibles
Further details continue to trickle down on the new Deep Purple album inFinite. The track list has surfaced on Amazon:
- Time for bedlam
- Hip boots
- All I’ve got is you
- One night in Vegas
- Get me outta here
- The surprising
- Johnny’s band
- On top of the world
- Birds of prey
- Roadhouse blues
By perusing various online retailers one can also deduce that the album will be available as a standalone CD, limited edition CD+DVD, 2LP+DVD, “small” box set (1CD + 1DVD), and a “large” a.k.a. “fan” box set (2LPs, 3 10″ singles, CD, DVD, t-shirt, poster, photo prints, and a sticker). And, of course, the ever so intangible downloads.
Release date is still set for April 7.
Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Well, according to the linked amazon article, the tracklisting actually (by the time I write this) goes as follows:
1. Time for Bedlam
2. Is The
3. First Glimpse
4. Of The
5. Upcoming
6. Album
7. inFinite
8. By
9. Deep
10. Purple
Sorry, just thought this was hilarious. 🙂
January 4th, 2017 at 22:49Milan: you’re absolutely right, correct link would be https://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01N9HR3Q9/thehighwaysta-21
January 4th, 2017 at 22:54I account directly with Amazon via distribution through who’s putting the records everywhere in the US. The sounbytes should already be there, but Purple aren’t everyone. And it starts across the pond. We’ll have to play their game. Good thing I’m on the promo list, but even that doesn’t mean it will result in advanced copies beyond radio stations and very carefully chosen outfits.
January 4th, 2017 at 23:50Deep Purple on ice…. can hardly wait! Just wondering if ‘Roadhouse blues’ is an original number, or if it’s a cover of The Doors’ hit song…. & BTW, who the heck is ‘Johnny’?. Smiles to ya.
January 5th, 2017 at 05:10only 10 tracks ?
January 5th, 2017 at 05:27The new song sounds promising i am sure before it’s release date in April a couple more tracks down the line will be previewed, i have noticed too with new releases of classic rock artists or should i say legendary artists and Deep Purple no exception we are now seeing a number of formats rather than the stand alone cd/vinyl we are now getting both of those formats as well as a dvd and a times bluray, it gives us fans excellent choices all as i would call it deluxe super deluxe editions it’s great to see and with Thunder their new album also due the box sets look
January 5th, 2017 at 06:30amazing looking forward to Deep Purple’s “final” studio album?
Tell me Roadhouse blues is not a DOORS cover
January 5th, 2017 at 08:32Roadhouse Blues…..
January 5th, 2017 at 12:36A Doors cover to end Purple’s recording career ??
Doesn’t seem right somehow.
track 9 birds of prey – is that uriah heep’s ?
January 5th, 2017 at 12:45As the old saying goes…Don’t judge an album by the song titles!
January 5th, 2017 at 13:49Well well well, somehow the track list suprises me. For some reason or another, it does not look like a Deep Purple album track list. Hip boots, One night in Vegas, Johnny’s band, Roadhouse blues. It’s weird. Just cannot explain in more detail.
But I’m sure the music is great.
January 5th, 2017 at 14:25Road house blues.
January 5th, 2017 at 16:02The Doors cover?
What the hell ever happened to iconic song titles like: Mandrake Root, Flight of the Rat, Into the Fire, The Mule, Smoke on the Water, and Burn? Now we have Hip Boots, All I’ve got is you, One night in Vegas, Get me outta here?! Indeed.
January 5th, 2017 at 17:12@10
January 5th, 2017 at 17:20Agreed.
I can’t believe Hip boots made it in the set list. It’s such a weak song which the guys tried in Polad early last year. It sounded so out of tune and the lyrics is nothing more than 3 lines.
January 5th, 2017 at 17:43I have a feeling it’s going to be a step down from Now What. Which I think it didn’t have enough quality of material.
I hope Roadhouse Blues is not the Doors cover,but for some reason I am almost 100% is,given the admiration Ian Gillan and band has for the band.Kind of Weird,since im not a big fan of covers,and I want a new song instead of covers.We will see.
January 5th, 2017 at 18:20Well, maybe these are the working titles…
Let’s wait til february, when the EP is out.
Have a nice Day!
January 5th, 2017 at 20:01Oh, man! I think Roadhouse Blues (Doors) would be an absolutely perfect last song for the band.
January 5th, 2017 at 22:26If roadhouse blues is the doors song, purples first bass player Nick Simper beat them to it with nasty habits live cd!
January 6th, 2017 at 04:08I dont want to expect anything,but I can’t stop thinking that maybe “Time for Bedlam” is the only one of the few strong songs of the album… Titles like “Hip boots”, “One night in Vegas”, “Johnny’s band” ,”Get me outta here”, make me think on weaks fillers songs.Well , I repeat, I don’t know, I don’t expect anything, it is only a suspicion… I only hope this will be a magnificent album..
Someone has read the comments on twitter about “Time for bedlam”? Everybody expecting the rest of the songs to be as strong as this.If all the album keep this level along the way, I am sure this will be the best DP’s Album in years.
January 6th, 2017 at 14:46Is impossible “Birds of Prey” to be a cover of UH’s.. If Gillan tries to sign the original version of this Song, he would fall dead on stage.. The actual Ian Gillan emulating Byron? Simply impossible!!
January 6th, 2017 at 17:38I love it! ♡
January 6th, 2017 at 21:44I just checked the amazon-japan website, and for the “Time for bedlam” EP, it lists a song called “Paradise Bar” as well as an instrumental version of Uncommon Man and a rehearsal version of Hip Boots.
January 7th, 2017 at 01:30Hey, when will this available to order in the US? So far nothing here.
January 7th, 2017 at 03:49According to Amazon uk,the running time is only 45.50 minutes,which is VERY disappointing.I know it won’t affect the quality,but at least another 10 mins would be nice on a Deep Purple album.Not sure Hip Boots is the right choice,it’s live on youtube,a short messabout track really.Thoughts anyone?After the brilliance of Time for Bedlam,i’m a bit deflated at the moment,i agree with @8.Hope I’m wrong and it’s an absolute cracker!
January 7th, 2017 at 21:04Hip Boots : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C0SsM6KXvc
January 8th, 2017 at 17:19Re: Hip Boots
I don’t think it was finalized when they played it live. I’m sure once Ezrin got his hands on it, the song was reworked. He wouldn’t let the song appear like that. However, there are some promising bits in the live performance…
January 8th, 2017 at 20:32I dont like some of the titles,and it seems like a ZZ TOP album (Hip Boots,One Night in Vegas,and All I’ve got is you,who sound like a single and a ballad song but I may be wrong) Anyway,I am going to soldiered on until April and Hope the album has the intensity and the sound of Time For Bedlam song.I loved Now What?! except It will be me and First sign of Madness which I didn’t care too much and sounded more like Gillan solo album and rock ‘n roll old school style.Just waiting,patiently until then, and hoping Roadhouse Blues is not the The Doors cover,which i think it is…but you never know.lol
January 9th, 2017 at 02:37Hi Guys
January 9th, 2017 at 19:23I listened to every live recording of ‘Hip Boots’ from last year DP shows and I think it’s rubbish by their standards.
The song is just so weak in every aspect and I can’t understand the improvisation of Don and Steve on the organ and the guitar so they can make the song last a bit longer than 2 minutes.
I am not negative but I am realistic.
Can someone agree with the quality of this song material.
“Time for Bedlam” is already number 3 in the TOP 40 of Radio Tangra in Sofia , Bulgaria ..
Previous Position : 3
Weeks in Chart : 4
Top Position : 3
http://www.radiotangra.com/top40.html
All data as today, January 9
January 10th, 2017 at 02:54completely agree with Adel @29… “Time for Bedlam” created such high expectations that after listinening songs like “Hip Boots ” I fear the album will be filled with a lot of weak tracks. And like @28 said : “sounded more like Gillan solo album and rock ‘n roll old school style”. Hope this won’t happen , but, the songs titles (“Paradise Bar” is another example of “empty” title) , the version of “Hip Boots” we actually know, etc.. All fill me with fears … I do not know.. I only expect that the intial expectations after listening the marvelous “Time for bedlam” to be real and don’t feel dissapointed after listening “Infinite”
January 11th, 2017 at 04:12@31
let’s just wait and see what the mighty Purple has in store after Time For Bedlam.I hope Ezrin “collected” the best pieces,titles suck and I am hoping the music behind the titles is good!
January 12th, 2017 at 00:53Oh ye of little faith! “I fear the album will be filled with a lot of weak tracks.” “Can someone agree with the quality of this song material.” “I don’t like some of the titles and it seems like a ZZ TOP album.” This negativity is based on what? Song titles and a trial run-through of “Hip Boots” that’s more than a year old? Assumptions that are based on next-to-nothing. “Time For Bedlam” is hardly an “iconic song title” but the song itself is, by all agreement, great!
You should be ashamed.
January 17th, 2017 at 00:30Dear people, let’s just wait and see ( and hear….. )
January 28th, 2017 at 11:38@33
January 30th, 2017 at 00:33some one should be ashamed when make statements like yours! we forgot to ask your permission for an opinion..you like em good for you,we said let’s just wait and see about music.It is subjective it is a bitch!
@35
January 31st, 2017 at 19:53I don’t begrudge anyone their opinion but opinions are usually based on solid facts. There’s been NO solid facts to back up the negative opinions voiced here.